“Ascend Indiana has helped me identify skills I didn’trealize I have. The Talent Identification Team does anoutstanding job helping you to identify your skills anddevelop a personalized career path.”H Adam Cullers: Public Relations and StrategicCommunication/Political Science/Professional Writing | Senior

Company: The Office of Mayor Joe Hogsett of the City of Indianapolis
Internship Title: Communications Intern
Adam’s summer 2017 internship was “an intersection between each of the three
disciplines I’m studying and shed light on the opportunities I could pursue with
my unique combination of coursework. Prior to this experience, I wasn’t entirely
confident in my majors nor this career path, but I am now eagerly searching out
additional opportunities that can expand on the past summer’s experience.

“The communications office of any government office must be able to
function with little to no time to prepare, and I can safely say that Liberal Arts has
prepared me to work in such an atmosphere. I was consistently having to work
on projects last minute and under time constraints, and so time management
became crucial in these situations. Additionally, the basic skill of networking and
sociability was likely the most important skill I used for my internship. A large
component—and arguably the most important component—of government work
consists of networking, and walking into this position, I never once I doubted
my ability to communicate and connect with other employees.”